Sea Level Research Workshop

Welcome and Introduction

(A. Bonaduce, NERSC) (Download)

Session 1: Observation-based Studies

• Sea-level history along the west coast of Norway (John I. Svendsen, UiB) (Download)

• Arctic Sea Level Budget Assessment during the GRACE/Argo Time Period (Roshin Raj, NERSC) (Download)

• Re-assessing extreme sea level events through interplay of tides and storm surges (Stephen Outten, NERSC) [(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KTlWRjlqIu_S53eCrP-akVrK0ZeaTSGl/view?usp=sharing)]

Session 2: Model-based Studies

• Ice sheet modelling at Bjerknes Center (Petra Langebroek, NORCE) (Download)

• Concurrency of sea level and wave height extremes in Norwegian coastal waters (Ole Johan Aarnes, Norwegian Meteorological Institute) (Download)

• Introducing the Norwegian Climate Prediction Model and Mare Nullius project (Noel Keenlyside, UiB/NERSC; Vandhna Kumar, UiB) (Download)

Session 3: Synergy between observations and models

• New tools to estimate the stability of the Greenland ice sheet (Andreas Born, UiB) (Download)

• Coastal Changes during 21st Century (William Helland-Hansen, UiB) (Download)

• Sea level in Arctic ocean reanalysis (Jiping Xie, NERSC) (Download)

Session 4: Projections

• The future sea-level contribution of the Greenland ice sheet: a multi-model ensemble study of ISMIP6 (Heiko Goelzer, NORCE) (Download)

• Current sea-level projections for Norway (NCCS report) and where to go from there (Kristin Richter, NORCE) (Download)

Session 5: Inovative Methods

• Overview of ML/AI methods in marine science (Ketil Malde, IMR; Machine Learning group Departments of Informatics, UiB) (Download)

Discussussion and Tasks

(A. N. Meckler, BCCR)

• The relevance of sea-level research in regard to the transition of Bjerknes Center from Phase 2 to Phase 3 (Tore Forevik, BCCR) (Download)

• Priorities to realize cross-disciplinary studies

• Identify skills, expertise and knowledge gaps

• Identify strategic partnerships (national and international)

• Deliver a workshop report

• Develop a strategy and implementation plan for short- and medium- term research activities

• The launch of the Bjerknes Centre “Sea-Level Research Group” (SLRG)

Final Remarks

(J. A. Johannessen, NERSC)